2021年12月8日 · The results of our study show that African wood species are clearly suitable to be used as tonewoods in violins. They are able to produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly...

2022年1月21日 · The results of our study show that African wood species are clearly suitable to be used as tonewoods in violins. They are able to produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly different sound. The African violin has a significantly stronger sound in the lower frequencies that carries very well through the room. It also showed more ...

2021年8月12日 · A violin has been crafted by a team of scientists at Stellenbosch University made from the wood of indigenous African trees. The 3/4-sized violin was the second of its kind to be made and construction began during lockdown in 2020.

2022年1月14日 · This short documentary from Stellenbosch University tracks the construction of a very special violin, crafted entirely from indigenous African tonewoods. The project allowed the university’s Department of Forestry and Wood Science to investigate the acoustic properties of new potential tonewoods, as well as provide a new violin for the ...

2021年11月29日 · The African violin has a significantly stronger sound in the lower frequencies that carries very well through the room. It also showed more harmonics with higher amplitudes in the high frequencies, which gives it a harsher sound than the conventional violin. Yellowwood and sapele can be used to make string instruments with a sonorous, strong sound.

But what if indigenous African woods from the southern hemisphere were used to create an African violin? We set about testing the continent's indigenous woods and found four wood species...

2021年11月29日 · The physical and mechanical properties of various wood species indigenous to southern Africa were characterised and then assessed in terms of their suitability for violin construction using...

2025年1月23日 · Dr. Martina Meincken, an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest and Wood Science at the University of Stellenbosch (SU) in South Africa, has made two violins out of various indigenous African woods. The violins were made as part of a research project which investigates the acoustic qualities of different wood types in instrument making.

2021年12月13日 · The results of our study show that African wood species are clearly suitable to be used as tonewoods in violins. They are able to produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly...

2021年12月9日 · The results of our study show that African wood species are clearly suitable to be used as tonewoods in violins. They are able to produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly different sound. The African violin has a significantly stronger sound in the lower frequencies that carries very well through the room. It also showed more ...